A Inglaterra anda em alvoroço porque os media têm noticiado que um miúdo de 13 anos foi pai.
Chame-se a atenção que fez o filho aos 12.
A mãe tem 15.![]()
Mas o melhor mesmo é lerem a notícia:
A 13-year-old boy has become a father - and insists he will be a good parent, it was reported today.
Alfie Patten's girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth to Maisie Roxanne.
The boy, who is just 4ft and looks young for his age, told the newspaper: "I thought it would be good to have a baby," but admitted he did not think about how he would afford it.
"I don't really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10," he said.
Alfie, who lives with his mother Nicola, 43, in Eastbourne, was 12 when Maisie was conceived.
The pair, who have the support of their parents, kept the pregnancy secret until Chantelle's mother Penny noticed her daughter's swollen belly.
Alfie said: "When my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble.
"We wanted to have the baby but were worried how people would react
"I didn't know what it would be like to be a dad. I will be good, though, and care for it."
Alfie's father Dennis said his son wanted to be a devoted and responsible father, but did not fully appreciate what he had taken on by having a child.
He said Alfie had wanted to be the first to hold his child. "He could have shrugged his shoulders and sat at home on his Playstation. But he has been at the hospital every day," he said.
A jornalista terá perguntado ao rapaz como seria financeiramente o seu futuro.
Ao que o rapaz respondeu:
“O que é financeiramente?”
Depois da explicação lá saiu aquele pormenor de receber do pai uma nota de 10 libras, de vez em quando…
Mas o mais interessante é que, ontem, surgiram nos jornais mais dois rapazes (14 e 16) a dizerem que eles é que eram os pais da criança.
Um deles chega mesmo a dizer que os pais de Chantelle os deixaram ir sozinhos para o quarto.
O outro diz que a criança tem olhos verdes como os dele.
Em resposta a jovem mãe Chantelle diz que perdeu a virgindade com Alfie (13) e que é dele que gosta.
Os outros dois já pediram testes de ADN.
Quando os pais destas crianças permitem que os media entrem assim na vida dos filhos, nada há dizer.
Apenas que com estórias destas não é preciso grande esforço para fazer rir quem quer que seja.
